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sneak attack

NOUN

surprise attack

Synonyms

WEAK

Pearl Harbor ambush shock tactics surprisal unforeseen attack

Example Sentences

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President Biden on Wednesday met privately with families of Americans being held hostage by Hamas since its sneak attack in Israel on Oct.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

“It was a sneak attack in the dark of night,” Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny said at a news conference Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

So an anticipated return morphed into a sneak attack.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2020

But first, he had to reckon with popular perceptions of the prepper type: rural, deeply conservative and paranoid to an extreme, readying their bunkers for a nuclear sneak attack or the Book of Revelation.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020

At least if he carried the ball, he’d be in full view of everyone and not as vulnerable to a sneak attack.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier